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Claimin tax rebate from HMRC

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Hello Forumites,


I've discovered that I've been overpaying tax since 2007!
HMRC can and have sent me a rebate for the last 4 years, after I chased them, but they say they can't go back any further than this. They owe me around the £400 mark, which won't change the world, but its a fair amount of money to me, And its MY money that they have taken incorrectly. I have all the paperwork from my employer to show this from my P60.


They are saying they can't go back beyond 2012 now but surely if I'd underpaid they'd expect me to pay them!


Has anyone has any joy in following this up and making a successful claim?
As I see it, they are the tax experts, not me, and they've taken money from me incorrectly and now won't pay it back.


Look forward to your replies,
H.

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  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Hmrc rules
    So nothing you can do.
    Its up to you to check you are onthe correct code when it is issued.

    How did you suddely discover you were over paying ?
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • heidim76
    heidim76 Posts: 6 Forumite
    Annual tax statement.
    But my P60 and monthly pay slips had no mention of any additional benefits, in this case, private medical care, so I assumed, now wrongly, that these documents were correct,.
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